English Online Dictionary. What means diamond? What does diamond mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ.(ə.)mənd/
Etymology 1
From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”). Doublet of adamant.
Noun
diamond (countable and uncountable, plural diamonds)
- (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- Synonym: (informal) sparkler
- A diamond ring.
- (color) A very pale blue color.
- (heraldry) Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
- Something that resembles a diamond.
- Synonym: adamant
- (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- Synonyms: lozenge, rhomb
- (geometry) The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
- Synonym: 2-iamond
- (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
- Synonyms: ball field, baseball field
- (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
- Synonyms: baseball diamond, infield
- Antonym: outfield
- (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A town square.
Derived terms
Related terms
- demantoid
- diamantine
Translations
See also
- argyle
- carbonado
- diamante
- paragon
- chlenter
- rhinestone
- brifka
Adjective
diamond (not comparable)
- Made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
- Synonym: diamantine
- Of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
- Of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
- (slang) First-rate; excellent.
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Translations
Verb
diamond (third-person singular simple present diamonds, present participle diamonding, simple past and past participle diamonded)
- To adorn with or as if with diamonds.
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger Perl.
Noun
diamond (uncountable)
- (printing, dated) The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4 1⁄2-point.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024), “Diamond”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “diamond”, in Mindat.org[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- Jonathon Green (2024), “diamond n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2024), “diamond adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- Eric Partridge (2005), “diamond”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 580.